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单词 keep (someone/something) away
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keep(someone/something)away

phrasal verbwithkeepverb
uk
/kiːp/us
/kiːp/
kept|kept
B2
to not gosomewhereor near something, or topreventsomeone from goingsomewhereor near something:
Keep away from theedgeof thecliff.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preventing and impeding
  • anti-jamming
  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
  • bottleneck
  • derail
  • fireproof
  • hamper
  • hang
  • havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
  • head off
  • hinder
  • prevent
  • preventable
  • prevention
  • prevention is better than cureidiom
  • preventive
  • scuttle
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Separateness and isolation in space
keep away
noun[U]
US(alsokeep-away,keepaway)
uk
/ˈkiːp.əˌweɪ/us
/ˈkiːp.əˌweɪ/
(UKpiggy in the middle)
agamein which twopeoplethrowaballto each other over theheadof apersonwhostandsbetween them andtriestocatchit:
Herememberedhischildhoodwhen he wouldplaykeepaway with hisbrothers.
picture of keep away
Herman Agopian/The Image Bank/GettyImages
insports, a way ofplayingin which themainpurposeispreventingthe otherteamfrom getting theball:
When you get aleadinbasketball,playkeep-away andlettheclockrunout.
asituationin which someonetriestoavoidansweringquestionsorrevealinginformation:
Howlonghas thisillegalgameofkeepaway been going on?
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Children's games
  • dress-up box
  • dressing-up box
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  • go fish
  • Hacky Sack
  • jack
  • leapfrog
  • life
  • midget
  • musical chairs
  • painting by numbersidiom
  • peekaboo
  • piggy in the middle
  • piggyback
  • Pokémon
  • spitball
  • tag
  • trick-or-treating
  • warm
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Competing in sport
Answering & responding
(Definition ofkeep (someone/something) awayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkeep (someone/something) away

keep (someone/something) away
He wants her tokeepaway, but he wants her to be near too.
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Institutional choice in government is thus a matter of which interests to secure influence on operations and which interests tokeepaway.
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It would be hard to think of a better way tokeepawayevangelicals.
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Bureaucracy has at last made its thunderous entrance into a world it should have had the tact tokeepawayfrom.
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For example,keepawayfrom sight, have a bad effect on something, and ask need to be matched with blame, hide, hit, invite, pour, or spoil (pp. 265 - 266).
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He, therefore, called for his followers tokeepawayfrom state institutions by resigning if they were civil servants or by leaving school or university if they were still students.
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Let uskeepawayfrom the point of principle; we are dealing with a point of detail.
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Why not help them to do so by enabling them to stillkeepawayfrom the guardians?
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One reason stated for the need of the fence was that it wouldkeepawaythe cattle.
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How long are the people going tokeepawayfrom expressing their anger?
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Apparently they have learned wisdom; and that is that where lawyers are gathered together it is wise for ordinary individuals tokeepaway.
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I think we should try tokeepawayfrom personalities.
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It will be possible to put a ban on congested areas instead of asking people to be good boys andkeepaway.
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Such people seem unable tokeepawayfrom crime, to avoid criminal behaviour, without substantial support and some degree of control.
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I want tokeepawayfrom any technical matters.
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